You are absolutely right, the Japanese need THE Almighty in their
lives; they need to know Him. The Soverign YHWH does nothing without
purpose--so I am sure He is using this tragedy to bring some of the
Japanese to know Him.

However, as I wrote in my post, I believe that many of the
Japanese have the spirit of YHWH in their hearts without even knowing
it--just as Romans 2:14-15 says. By their actions through this
terrible crisis, they are showing fruit of the spirit--and by their
fruits we are to know them (Matt 7:20). (How many of us in America
would be like that in similar circumstances?)

I don't believe the ones that died in the tsunami will necessary be
burned up in hell....YHWH's mercy endures forever and He tells us that
at the Great White Throne Judgment, the rest of the dead will be judged
according to their works/deeds (Revelation 20:12-13).

I believe that this terrible calamity is a call for all to get our
spiritual houses in order. I have witnessed Christians condemning
the Japanese for their pagan practices--and I think we need to look at
our own personal worship and take the beam out of our own eyes.

The Japanese are mostly pagan in worship, but they don't pretend to be
anything else. Many Christians are mixing the pagan with the holy
(lukewarm) in their worship. YHWH hates the mixing of worship which the
Christian Church has been doing for centuries. We as
Christians make ourselves out to be such saints when we have much
lacking. You don't have to look very far to identity the pagan
practices in Christianity-a quick google search will show that--but so
few are willing to act on what they find--or are afraid of what they
will find.

Yes, Carol, we do need to surrender our lives to the Master. We
need to all ask ourselves if we are really doing that? I think
one of the most sobering scriptures is in Matthew 7:

Not everyone who says to Me, Master, Master, will enter into the
kingdom of Heaven, but the ones who do the will of My Father in Heaven.
Many will say to Me in that day, Master, Master, did we not prophesy in
Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many
works of power? And then I will declare to them, I never knew you;
"depart from Me, those working lawlessness!" (Mat 7:21-23)